Dispenser



Jan. 27, 1942. E 2,271,135

DISPENSER Filed Sept. 30, 1940 INVENTOR. f4 2 L E. CREE a s A TTOENEYS.

Patented Jan. 27, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I 2,271,135 i i fDISPENSER Earl R. Crebbs, San Francisco, Calif.

Application September 30, 1940, Serial No. 358,945

2 Claims.

My invention relates to dispensers and more particularly to a refillabledispenser in which rolled sheet material may be mounted, and torn offalong predetermined tear-lines.

Among the objects of my invention are:

To provide a dispenser for rolled sheet material having tear-linestherein; to provide a dispenser for rolled sheet material that is easilyand quickly refilled; to provide a dispenser for materials such as papertowels, sanitary toilet seat covers, and the like, joined by tear-lines;and to provide a simple, relatively cheap and efficient refillabledispenser for rolled sheet material.

Other objects of my inventionwill be apparent or will be specificallypointed out in the description forming a part of this specification, butI do not limit myself to the embodiment of the invention hereindescribed, as various forms may be adopted within the scope of theclaims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one preferred form of my inventionshowing the position of the sheet as it is being withdrawn from thedispenser.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the dispenser and contained roll.

Fig. 3 is a. view, partly in section and partly in elevation, of the endspring arrangement, with the cover closed.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 with the cover opened.

My invention may be more fully understood by a direct reference to thedrawing, wherein the dispenser body comprises a back I havingindentations 2 therein whereby the back I may be applied to a verticalwall. Indentations 2 have screw apertures 3 therein, through whichscrews may be passed and afiixed to the Wall directly, or a fiat buttonmay be cemented to the wall, this button having a bolt passing throughaperture 3. In either case, the dispenser is adapted to be firmlyattached to the vertical wall. The body also comprises a top portion 4,to which a cover 5 is applied by hinges 6, this cover being preferablyof cylindrical contour. Cover 5 is maintained in a predetermined closedposition by an end portion 1 thereof overlapping body sizes 8, and thelower portion of the cover terminates I in fingers l adjacent each lowercorner of the cover for use in tearing off paper sheets H from a striproll l3 wound on a core l2 with the customary tear-lines between sheets.Core I2 is mounted in the dispenser on end pivots l and I6, one pivot 15being mounted on spring I! attached to'one side wall, the other pivot l6being solidly riveted to the other side Wall.

The bottom 20 of the dispenser body extends forward beneath a mountedrolll3 but terminates'short of the vertical plane touching the frontperiphery of the core [2, so that irrespective of the amount of paper onthe roll the end of the strip, when depending downwardly, will not touchbottom 20.

Cover 5 is held in closed position and also in an open position by theuse of U-shaped doubleacting springs 2| positioned at each end of thedispenser body adjacent and inside of each side wall 8. These springsoperate as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Each spring is a tempered wiresomewhat semicircular in shape, and has one end 22 hooked into back I ofthe dispenser body, the spring then taking a forward course against theinside of side wall 8. The spring then passes through a side wall slot24 to terminate in an an opposite end 25 hooked into cover 5 on theinside thereof. The spring is under an expanding stress at all times,and inasmuch as the cover end 25 of the spring passes around the hingeaxis during the movement of the cover from closed to open position. theshortest distances between the two ends will be when the cover is closedand when the cover is open, as shown by broken line 26 in Fig. 4. Thus,the cover is held tightly closed by the spring and when opened is heldopen by the same spring against the wall on which the dispenser ismounted.

In operation, a strip roll l3 of sheets ll separated by tear-lines andwound on core I2 is in sorted in the dispenser by opening. the cover,inserting pivot I6 in a pivot aperture 21 in one end of the core, andthen sliding the opposite end of the core over spring-mounted pivot l5until pivot l 5 enters the pivot aperture 21 in that end of the core.This can be done without manually holding the cover, due to the factthat the cover springs 2! hold the cover open. The cover is then closedwith the end of the rolled strip depending from the dispenser in contactwith fingers II).

To tear sheets II from the roll the end of the strip is grasped in thehand, pulling the strip downwardly and outwardly until fingers l0 enterthe tear-lines and start the separation of a unit I l. The outward forceneeded to tear a unit II from the remainder of the roll is resisted bythe springs 2| and the unit is torn off. Due to the fact that thesprings 2| are used to hold the cover firmly against the remainder ofthe body of the dispenser, no zigzag arrangement of the de' pendingstrip is necessary as the cover does not tend to move outwardly and thesprings are made to have sufiicient tension to opposite the tearingforces. Inasmuch as the bottom 20 of the container does not enter intothe tearing of the strip in any manner, the tearing is accomplished withequal facility whether or not the roll is a full roll or a roll that isnearly empty. The strip depending from a full roll will meet the fingersH1 at an angle which is only slightly different from that of the stripdepending from a nearly empty roll, as I prefer to bring the coverfingers l0 around underneath the roll to terminate at or slightly to therear of the vertical plane touching the front periphery of core l2.Thus, whether or not the roll is full or nearly empty the units II areremoved therefrom with equal facility and th depending strip is unrolledonly in contact with fingers III.

I claim:

1. Container means for dispensing sheet material rolled on a core and.having tear lines extending across said sheet comprising a body having aback portion adapted to be attached to a vertical wall, and sideportions having inner pins upon which said core may be mounted, a bottomportion extending forwardly to terminate slightly to the rear of avertical plane passing through a line joining said inner pins, and acover hinged to the top of said body portion and extending forwardlyaround and resting on the edges of said side portions and terminating intear line intersecting fingers below the level of said bottom andslightly forward of said vertical plane.

2. In a refillable dispenser of rolled sheet material, a body having avertical portion adapted to be attached to a vertical wall, side wallsattached to said vertical portion and inwardly carrying opposed rollmounting means thereon, and a cover hinged to the top of verticalportion and extending above, forwardly and downwardly around a rollmounted on said mounting means and resting in closed position on the topand front edges of said side walls, and a roughly semicircular wirespring having one end inserted into said vertical portion, and the otherend inserted into said cover, said spring passing around said hinge onthe interior of said body closely adjacent one side wall and being underdiametrical tension at both open and closed positions of said cover,said spring being maintained in a vertical plane by passingthrough aspring restraining apertur in the top edge of the adjacent side wall.

EARL R. CREBBS.

